Garage.



J. A. VARIAN.

GARAGE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 29, 1913.

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lylrllifllrlllilll By "J J. A. VARIAN.

` GARAGE.,

APPLICATION FILED AUG.29, 1913.

Patented July 7, 1914.

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W/TNESSES Zar LA. VARIAN.

vGARAGE.

APPLIGATION FILED AUG. zo, 191s,

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u l E i E l CII JAMES A. VARIAN, 0F NORWALK, CONNECTICUT.

GARAGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed August 29, 1913. Serial No. 787,302.

T0 all whomt may concern Be it known that I, JAMES A. VARIAN, a citizenof the United States, and a resident of Norwalk, inthe county ofFairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented a new1 and ImprovedGarage, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates.` to garage structures, the idea being to providea novel arrangement and construction of parts for installing or removingcars without collisions and the like and also for obviating the ne-A innovel relative position to an elevator and to a carrying ioor fordirecting the cars or automobiles into the various stalls .at eitherside or at one side of a central passage, or for directing the cars fromthe carrying floor to the elevator for distributing the cars into thevarious stalls upon the up'per floors of the building.

A further object of the invention is to provide in connection with thearrangement specified, a wash stand also arranged .1n novel position tothe turn table and carrying floor to permit the automobiles to becleaned out of their stalls, thus insuring of better maintenance of thecars, whilenovel means are provided for reinforcing the floorstrucr-ture and for movably supporting the carrying floor whichoperates' between the'stalls for distributingthe automobiles thereintowithout breakage or accidents.l

With the above and other objects in jview, the invention resides moreparticularly in the peculiar combination' and arrangement of parts whichwillbe illustrated as a preferred embodiment in the drawings ariddescribed in the specification.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthisy speci-` cation, in which similar characters ofreference indicatecorrresponding parts in all the views, and in whichv Figure 1 is a planview of the bottom floor of a garage with certain of the parts shown insection; Fig. 2 is a similar' view of an upper or top floor plan of thegarage; Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional View through afragmentary portion 0i' a flooring and 'showingthe manner of movablysupporting the carrying Hoor which operates between the stalls of eachfloor of the garage; Fig. 4 is an enlarged cross sectional view of oneot' the anti-friction bearings or rollers for supporting the carryingfloor; and Fig. 5 is a detail perspective View of one of the bracketbearings for supporting said ball bearing rollers and permitting thereplacement of the latter.

In the invention as illustrated in the drawings the garage is shown asembodying a housing or building, the walls of which are indicated by thenumerals l0 and 11, provided at spaced points with windows 12 andpreferably provided with a bay window 13 having show windows 14 and asuitable private entrance 15 leading into the office space 16 havingstairs or other form of passage 17 leading to the upper floors of thebuilding. A show window 18 is also provided centrally at the front ofthebuilding behind which a barrier 19 is provided to produce an additionalshow space 2O having connection with lthe space 16 by a door 21, whilesaid space 16 also leads into the garage proper behind lthe barrier orpartition 19 by means of al door 22. This arrangement may beconsiderably varied within the scope of the invention, which moreparticularly residesvin the arrangement of stalls for storing theautomobiles and means for affecting the disposition of such autovmobilesinto the respective stalls without collisions or'accidents.v For thispurpose the front wall of the building is provided with a doorway 23 forthe automobiles, which doorway may be closed by oppositely operatingsliding doors 24 -or otherwise. Positioned immediately in rearoi:` thedoor opening 23 is a t'urn table 25 which maybe turned by any suitablesource of power, such as a lever 26, so that as'the cars enter throughthedoor opening 23 and pass in t0 l 'the turntable they may be directedon to a I wash stand 27 to be cleaned or on to the car- 'rying door 28tobe distributed into a suitt able stall forming a storing space in thegarage. The iloorings of the 'building are indicated bythe 4ably ofreinforced concrete, reinforced at spaced i ,disposed at such spacedrelation, preferably about thirteen feet, to accommodate two auare'cleaned they may be directed on to the l should be desired to's'torethe autolrlobilev is run off turntable andthen on to the carrying floor28 or directly on to thecarrying floor 28 `and then distributed into anyof the stalls 4upon' the bottom floor'.

ythe v automobile in any of the upper -iioors I V of the vcarryingfloorl28 and ;'on to #an e1evator34 which occupiesone of the stalls inrear' of the space' except that `such stall space opencontinuouslythrough theoors of the building, size@l within thescope of theinvention. v

5211i order to movably support the carrying floor28, which latter may beof any suitablefmaterial, though preferably of wood coveedjwith ,a metal-sheetingx 35 the flooring'29f is provided at spaced poiiltsinwardlyof-.therowsof postsl or pillars 3 0 with longitfdinal reinforcingmembers, preferably I-beagiisf, such beams beingdisposed in pairsaridspacedapart to form channels 37 v with restricted throats 38 locatedbelow the top surface of the floor. yThef floor terminats short of theedges fof'the beams adjacent` the throats 38 andv is prevented onif inmutilated by reinforcing strips 39 prefere ly having beveled walls 40in'- clined downwardly and in a direction toward the' throats and`conforming to the adjacent edges of the flooring. These rein-` -Iforcing strips or beading are secured to the -beams 36 as by means offastening screws 41 'and the spaces between the saine are 'dev- A ysigned to accommodate the head portions i in rollers 45 by 4interposedof I-beams 42 whi 43 `between oppo the carrying floor-28. These beams 42 de-A pend'into the channels 3 7 and theirlbase hare bolted as shown.at

tatably journaled balls or i anti-friction' bearings 4 6, "the 'ends ofthe rollersbeing closed except wherethe shaft 44 protrudes therethroughfor en age- Y nient in Topen recesses 47 of removablefisar-4 ihg;brackets' 48 "which serve 't'o' rotatably numeral 29 and arepreferpoints Aby vertical posts or pillars 30.

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of the buildingL which .may vary in number and -55, one sliding inwardlyof t :and 5,5.' v

te inclined side edges of supported upon anti-l 'tween the `lirst namedpairs o support the same. These bearing brackets are in the form ofangularmembers, the outwardly directed upper portions 49y of which areremovably or otherwise mounted in openings- 50 in' the web beams 36.

In practice the carrying Hoor is preferably madea'bout ten feetwide andof such length as to be accommodated between the pillars lc operatingvto form. the stalls or storagespaces at either side ofthe aisle orpassageway 32, and in order to properly carrying iioor the anti-frictionmembers er rollers arey preferably disposed one foot apart so that thefloor will be supported upon a' plurality thereof at either side and maybe freely moved back and forth within' will be necessary to renew theanti-friction members, and for this purpose at one end-of each of therestricted passages or throats 38 the head portionsof the I-beams 36 are.provided with opposed recesses or notches 51' 'through which the shaftsand 'rollers carried .thereby may be inserted lb means of a suitableclamp or ,tool and shi led longitudinally through the throats 38 and ofthe opposed p airs of dropped into vany bearing brackets 4 It will ofcourse be' understood that the.

carrying licor 28 4may bereadily moved back and forth by hand orotherwise so as to be disposed in alinement with either of therespective stalls or storing spaces. v The cars may be moved on to' andod of the same without being marredby accidents,v or' collisions. Inorderto" care for. the repair of any ofthe cars lwhich may be stored inthe garage or otherwise,

o t e arage,v preferably the top floor, is provided atth'e rear portionof one corner with -a partition 52 preferably provided with Vtransparentwalls such as glass, while the side of the space 53 forming'the repairshopA leading into' the passageway, isprovide with oppositely slidindoors 54 and e other, while thedoor 54 is provided with a supplementaldoor opening 56 t0'permit access to the repair' shop without operatingthe doors 54 Having'thus described my invention, what I: claim as newand desire to :secure by LettersPatentiszi L The combi, ation with areinforced concrete ooring'of-la'building andfspaced pairs of beamsextending longitudinally thereof; 'of bearings ,carried 'by theopposed'` pairs of beams, bearings, a carrying oor having inclined sideportions' communicating with spaces "at opposite sides thereof, and'beams depending portions of the.

one of the upper floors rollers'removably mounted in saidA thepassageway. At times it fromjsaid oor' andimovably supported on therollers, said" beams .being "beams i operable be- 2. The combinationwith a reinforced concrete flooringof a building and sustaining meanstherefor located in spacedrelation providing a passageway; of spacedlongitudinal reinforcing members adjacent the sides of the passagewayand havin an i'nterior space communicating with t e eXterior by arestricted throat, rollers removably carried by the longitudinal.reinforcing members between the pairs of the latter, reinforcing stripssecured to said reinforcing members inwardly ofy said throats to prol pvide intermediate spaces, and a carrying;l door movablealong thepassageway and having depending beams securedthereto for supv1 portingthe same on the rollers.

lIn testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses. y

l JAMES `A. VARIAN.

' Witnesses LOUIS S. BEERS,

ALBEBTSON S. Basics.

